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Mother of tenant purchase client piecing a quilt. Maricopa County, Arizona

Mother of tenant purchase client piecing a quilt. Maricopa County, Ari...

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Farm worker and his wife in their cottage at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) labor camp. Caldwell, Idaho. Notice the quilt on frame near the ceiling

Farm worker and his wife in their cottage at the FSA (Farm Security Ad...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Turlock, California. Housewife (left) with some of the quilts the PTA (Parent Teacher Association) has made for the Red Cross. She is president of PTA

Turlock, California. Housewife (left) with some of the quilts the PTA ...

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Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California,...

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Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt that she made, Pie Town, New Mexico. A community settled by about 200 migrant Texas and Oklahoma farmers who filed homestead claims ... Mrs. Stagg helps her husband in the field with plowing planting, weeding corn and harvesting beans. She quilts while she rests during the noon hour.

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt that she made, Pie Town, New Mexico. ...

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Old quilts and sacks are used to keep tobacco moist and "in order" while waiting for auction sale in warehouse. Durham, North Carolina

Old quilts and sacks are used to keep tobacco moist and "in order" whi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fort tower, stone walls, fortification, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farmer and child waiting in warehouse for their tobacco to be auctioned off (it is covered with old quilts and burlap to keep it "in order" until last minute before sale). Durham, North Carolina

Farmer and child waiting in warehouse for their tobacco to be auctione...

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Typical farmhouse, spring housecleaning, homemade quilts and bedding in sun. Coffee County, Alabama

Typical farmhouse, spring housecleaning, homemade quilts and bedding i...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woman who has not yet found a place to move out of the Hinesville Army camp area working on a quilt in her smokehouse. Near Hinesville, Georgia

Woman who has not yet found a place to move out of the Hinesville Army...

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S.R. Conner, Ansley, Custer County, Nebraska.

S.R. Conner, Ansley, Custer County, Nebraska.

summary: This photograph is nearly identical to RG26808-1761 and RG2608-3013 original size: 6x8

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Wooden religious figures made by Indian in New Mexico; oldest dated quilt made in West Virginia, then a part of Virginia in 1795

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

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Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

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Making a quilt in Scranton, Iowa, home. The ladies will give the quilt to a needy family

Making a quilt in Scranton, Iowa, home. The ladies will give the quilt...

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Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a sheepherder

Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Woman quilting] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Woman quilting] - Drawing. Public domain image.

This record contains unverified data from caption card. Purchase; 1934 (DLC/PP-1934:137).

S.R. Conner, Ansley, Custer County, Nebraska.

S.R. Conner, Ansley, Custer County, Nebraska.

summary: This photograph was mistakenly identified as "Farm scene near Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska." It is nearly identical to RG2608-1480 and RG2608-1761. Note the quilt displayed on the fence original size: 6x8

Farm women working on quilt. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. See general caption number 58

Farm women working on quilt. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon...

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Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

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Butterfly applique quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg, homesteader from Texas and Oklahoma. Pie Town, New Mexico

Butterfly applique quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg, homesteader from Tex...

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A couple of women standing next to a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of women standing next to a table. Office of War Information ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Farm women of the "Helping Hand" club display a pieced quilt which they are making for the benefit of one of their numbers. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. General caption number 58-11

Farm women of the "Helping Hand" club display a pieced quilt which the...

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Nebraska Farmers - Charles Blakeman farmhouse

Nebraska Farmers - Charles Blakeman farmhouse

summary: Note the quilt behind the woman seated in the wicker rocking chair. original size: 6x8

Daughter of A.O. Ryland. Family used quilts as mattresses. Near Williston, North Dakota

Daughter of A.O. Ryland. Family used quilts as mattresses. Near Willis...

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Handmade quilt, Virginia craft co-op on U.S. Highway No. 1, twenty miles north of Fredericksburg, Virginia

Handmade quilt, Virginia craft co-op on U.S. Highway No. 1, twenty mil...

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A group of people standing around a mattress. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing around a mattress. Office of War Informatio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Crowning the abomination / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Crowning the abomination / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows a huge figure labeled "Tariff for Trusts" wearing a quilted cape labeled with products and percentages, holding papers labeled "Concessions", and sitting between the Senate and House chambers, with ... More

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt which she made, Pie Town, New Mexico

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt which she made, Pie Town, New Mexico

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Central America History, Aztec, Mesoamerica, Mexico, Pre-Columbus America free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. L.L. LeCompt stitching quilt squares together. She does all her family sewing. Coffee County, Alabama

Mrs. L.L. LeCompt stitching quilt squares together. She does all her f...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm women working on quilt. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. General caption number 58-11

Farm women working on quilt. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon...

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Woodville, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community. Carding surplus cotton which will be used for quilts

Woodville, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Turlock, California. Housewife (left) with some of the quilts the PTA (Parent Teacher Association) has made for the Red Cross. She is president of PTA

Turlock, California. Housewife (left) with some of the quilts the PTA ...

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Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern Count...

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Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California,...

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Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

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A black and white photo of two women sitting at a table. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of two women sitting at a table. Great Depress...

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Friendship quilt. Pie Town, New Mexico

Friendship quilt. Pie Town, New Mexico

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A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Informati...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

[The Quilting room, Washington's headquarters (i.e. Morris-Jumel mansion), New York, N.Y.]

[The Quilting room, Washington's headquarters (i.e. Morris-Jumel mansi...

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Ladies of the Helping Hand society working on quilt. Gage County, Nebraska

Ladies of the Helping Hand society working on quilt. Gage County, Nebr...

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Hand work at Gonzales County Fair, Gonzales Texas. Notice the Bible quilt. This pattern is very popular in all rural sections and is to be seen at every country fair

Hand work at Gonzales County Fair, Gonzales Texas. Notice the Bible qu...

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Custer County fair exhibit, Broken Bow, Nebraska

Custer County fair exhibit, Broken Bow, Nebraska

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Armenians make quilts, Alexandropol

Armenians make quilts, Alexandropol

Photo shows Armenian women making quilts in Alexandropol (now Gyumri), Armenia.

Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

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A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Informati...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

PRIZE QUILT GIVEN MRS. ROOSEVELT. THE QUILT WHICH WON PRIZES AT THE WORLD FAIR IN CHICAGO IS PRESENTED TO MRS. ROOSEVELT BY E.J. CONDON. L.T. CONWAY VIEWS THE CEREMONY. BOTH MEN ARE CONNECTED WITH A MERCHANDISING CONCERN DOING BUSINESS ON A NATIONWIIDE SCALE. THE PRIZE WINNING QUILT WAS MADE BY MARGARET ROGERS CADEN OF LEXINGTON, KY

PRIZE QUILT GIVEN MRS. ROOSEVELT. THE QUILT WHICH WON PRIZES AT THE WO...

A group of people standing around a woman wrapped in a blanket. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Quilts of family on relief near Jefferson, Texas

Quilts of family on relief near Jefferson, Texas

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Mrs. Bill Stagg exhibiting a quilt made from tobacco sacks which she ripped up, dyed, and pierced. Nothing is wasted on these homesteading farms. Pie Town, New Mexico

Mrs. Bill Stagg exhibiting a quilt made from tobacco sacks which she r...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt she made. Mrs. Stagg helps her husband in the fields with plowing, planting, and weeding corn and harvesting beans, and quilts while she rests during the noon hour. Pie Town, New Mexico

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt she made. Mrs. Stagg helps her husban...

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Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene Cou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm women of the "Helping Hand" club display a pieced quilt which they are making for the benefit of one of their numbers. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. General caption number 58-11

Farm women of the "Helping Hand" club display a pieced quilt which the...

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[Four women working on a patchwork quilt]

[Four women working on a patchwork quilt]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern Count...

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Bed in Mexican home. In practically all Mexican homes the beds consist of old blankets and quilts that are spread upon the bare floors. Crystal City, Texas

Bed in Mexican home. In practically all Mexican homes the beds consist...

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Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt, Pie Town, New Mexico

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt, Pie Town, New Mexico

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Quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg. Pie Town, New Mexico

Quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg. Pie Town, New Mexico

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A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information P...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A group of men standing around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing around a table. Office of War Information Phot...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Lititz, Pennsylvania. The Moravian sewing circle quilts for anyone at one cent a yard of thread and donates the money to the church

Lititz, Pennsylvania. The Moravian sewing circle quilts for anyone at ...

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Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

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[Woman quilting] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Woman quilting] - Drawing. Public domain image.

This record contains unverified data from caption card. Purchase; 1934 (DLC/PP-1934:137).

White migrant mother piecing a quilt. Harlingen, Texas. See 32108-D

White migrant mother piecing a quilt. Harlingen, Texas. See 32108-D

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Quilt hung across doorway which separates living quarters of two families of white migrants. Berry pickers near Hammond Louisiana

Quilt hung across doorway which separates living quarters of two famil...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fort tower, stone walls, fortification, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton

Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. Making a quilt from surplus commod...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene Cou...

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Horses and wagon of Negro standing in the churchyard. Notice the ladder and quilts. McIntosh County, Oklahoma

Horses and wagon of Negro standing in the churchyard. Notice the ladde...

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Farm women, members of the "Helping Hand" club, carefully roll up the quilt upon which they are working. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. General caption number 58-11

Farm women, members of the "Helping Hand" club, carefully roll up the ...

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Typical farmhouse, spring housecleaning, homemade quilts and bedding in sun. Coffee County, Alabama

Typical farmhouse, spring housecleaning, homemade quilts and bedding i...

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Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a sheepherder

Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a s...

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Members of the women's club making a quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Members of the women's club making a quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lititz, Pennsylvania. The oldest member of the Moravian sewing circle is in her nineties. Members of the circle quilt for anyone who wants it at the cost of one cent a yard of thread, and the money goes to the church

Lititz, Pennsylvania. The oldest member of the Moravian sewing circle ...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. The oldest member of the Moravian sewing circle is in her nineties. Members of the circle quilt for anyone who wants it at the cost of one cent a yard of thread, and the money goes to the church

Lititz, Pennsylvania. The oldest member of the Moravian sewing circle ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Smith Furnace, office, Lincoln County, North Carolina

Smith Furnace, office, Lincoln County, North Carolina

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Bedroom of tenant farmer living near Warner, Oklahoma. Notice American flag quilt

Bedroom of tenant farmer living near Warner, Oklahoma. Notice American...

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Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower sewing a quilt. Grant County, Illinois

Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower sew...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene Cou...

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Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern Count...

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Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a sheepherder

Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a s...

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Making quilts from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

Making quilts from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene Coun...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woodville, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community. Carding surplus cotton which will be used for quilts

Woodville, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers...

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Woodville, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community. Carding surplus cotton to be used for quilts

Woodville, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

The Little hall room over the front door, Thomas Bailey Aldrich Memorial, Portsmouth, N.H.

The Little hall room over the front door, Thomas Bailey Aldrich Memori...

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Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Mrs. Shotbang with her four children she delivered herself. Husband broke his foot early this spring. About time baby was to be born they ran short of coal and bed clothing, Mrs. Shotbang had to take care of the newly-born baby and the rest of the family, cutting fence posts for fuel. The family almost froze; no mattresses on the beds this past winter, only quilts over the hard springs

Mrs. Shotbang with her four children she delivered herself. Husband br...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Butterfly applique quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg, homesteader from Texas and Oklahoma. Pie Town, New Mexico

Butterfly applique quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg, homesteader from Tex...

Public domain photograph of Mexico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information P...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Armenians making 2500 quilts - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Armenians making 2500 quilts - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information P...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More